page_title: Côtes de Bourg
section_title: Wine
hierarchical_section_title: Côtes de Bourg / Wine
caption_attribution_description: Merlot grapes growing the French wine region of Bourg AOC on the right bank of Bordeaux.
context_page_description: Côtes de Bourg is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for Bordeaux wine situated around the small town of Bourg-sur-Gironde near Bordeaux, France. The first vineyards in the area were founded by the Romans. In the Middle Ages, Bourg was a major port for wine and the vineyards developed at the same tempo as the estuary traffic. The Côtes de Bourg appellation, in the north of the patchwork of Bordeaux wines, took its first steps on the east bank of the Gironde. At the time, the inhabitants of Bourg were fishermen, sailors or winemakers and the latter benefited from the perfect combination of a commercially minded town and a soil made for the vine.
context_section_description: Red Côtes de Bourg are garnet in colour and are predominantly based on the Merlot grape, blended with smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Some Chateaux still use Malbec as part of the blend.
  A small amount of white wine is made from Semillon, Sauvignon blanc, Muscadelle, Merlot blanc, Ugni blanc and Colombard grapes. There are around 200 Chateaux producers in the appellation.
caption: Merlot grapes growing in a Côtes de Bourg vineyard.
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